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Ajax and FC Twente are both on course for the next round of the Conference League after simple victories on Thursday. - Follow Football-Oranje on X Ajax 3-1 Shelbourne Ajax got off to the perfect start against their Irish opponents as Mika Godts was fouled in the box after two minutes and the Belgian, who is being heavily linked with a move to PSG, scored the penalty to make it 1-0. After 20 minutes, Ajax doubled their lead when Steven Berghuis set up full-back Owen Wijndal to fire in. Early in the second half, Berghuis crossed for Kasper Dolberg to tap in a third. Godts then earned a second penalty and he stepped up again but this time he missed and Ajax remained on three goals for the evening. Julian Brandt made his debut from the bench but Shelbourne pulled one back late on through Daniel Kelly. Next week, Ajax will look to finish the job in Ireland. Twente 6-0 DAC 1904 After their exit in the Europa League last week, FC Twente got off to a quick start against DAC 1904 as Daan Rots netted the opener in the seventh minute. Four minutes later, Marko Pjaca found the net with a low strike to make it 2-0 and it seemed Twente would run riot. However, they took their foot off the gas for the rest of the first half. Finally, the goals came in the second half with Daouda Weidmann slotting in a third before Max Bruns made it 4-0 before the hour. Ramiz Zerrouki and Robin Propper completed the scoring before the end to seal a comfortable victory. Twente head to Slovakia next week to finish the job.